Campaign is somewhat lackluster nationwide, but apathy especially acute among Arab minority where turnout is feared to be low

Hadash-Ta'al, Balad and Ra'am factions do not manage to reach any agreements for surplus ballots; former PM's opponent Yisrael Beytenu also does not ink deal

In a Facebook post, the Arab nationalist party includes a poem in memory of Abdullah Abu Tin, who was killed last week in an armed clash with Israeli forces in Jenin

Justices also hear appeal on disqualification of Amichai Chikli, as well as of the Balad party

Arab nationalist faction accuses Defense Minister Gantz and Prime Minister Lapid of 'engineering' ploy designed to shape political map

Religion reporter Judah Ari Gross looks at sexual abuse stats and civil marriage via Zoom, and Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses train service and the Balad party

Would-be Likud candidate Chikli charges election panel head could falsify election results; Balad chief says faction will run until the end after reportedly mulling quitting

Party has been disqualified by past elections panels and has so far won every appeal to High Court; Meretz petitions court over failure to bar Idit Silman from Likud run

Party expected to appeal to High Court against Central Elections Committee disqualification; panel rejects petition seeking to ban Ra'am from running in November 1 vote

In a rally featuring Palestinian flags and nationalist anthems, hardline Arab Israeli party's leaders express confidence they'll enter the next Knesset despite current polling